Microsoft Windows Server
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Windows Server skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Windows Server over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 75 103 144
Rank change year-on-year +28 +41 -68
Permanent jobs citing Windows Server 3,413 3,266 4,706
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.42% 3.29% 2.93%
As % of the Operating Systems category 24.43% 20.51% 15.48%
Number of salaries quoted 3,003 2,636 3,885
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,250 £25,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,000 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.78% +5.88% -
75th Percentile £53,750 £58,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £72,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,750 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.63% - -

All Operating Systems
UK

Windows Server is in the Operating Systems category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 13,973 15,925 30,406
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 13.99% 16.06% 18.92%
Number of salaries quoted 10,731 10,713 16,468
10th Percentile £26,000 £27,000 £26,450
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £35,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.56% - -

Windows Server
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Windows Server as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Windows Server.

Salary trend for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Windows Server over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Windows Server in the UK

Windows Server
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Server within the UK over the 6 months to 18 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +34 3,147 £41,500 -7.78% 662
UK excluding London +23 2,736 £37,750 -5.63% 560
Work from Home +39 1,090 £45,000 -10.00% 200
South East +30 764 £39,250 +9.03% 151
London +22 621 £55,001 +0.00% 145
North of England +16 613 £37,500 -11.76% 120
Midlands +43 537 £37,500 -2.60% 110
South West +14 307 £40,000 - 72
West Midlands +33 302 £35,000 -9.68% 67
East of England +20 292 £32,500 -16.91% 72
Yorkshire +72 283 £37,500 - 53
East Midlands +40 230 £40,000 +6.67% 43
North West -40 221 £43,500 -3.33% 56
Scotland -42 146 £42,500 -5.56% 30
North East +24 109 £35,000 -20.45% 12
Wales +27 60 £34,000 -6.21% 11
Isle of Man -5 12 £43,750 +45.83%
Northern Ireland -1 6 £37,314 +6.61% 4

Windows Server
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 802 (23.50%) Microsoft Exchange
2 533 (15.62%) SharePoint
3 106 (3.11%) IIS
4 33 (0.97%) Exchange Server 2013
5 22 (0.64%) Confluence
6 21 (0.62%) Exchange Server 2010
7 17 (0.50%) CMS
8 12 (0.35%) SharePoint 2010
8 12 (0.35%) SharePoint 2013
9 11 (0.32%) Exchange Server 2007
9 11 (0.32%) WordPress
10 10 (0.29%) Skype for Business
11 8 (0.23%) Umbraco
12 7 (0.21%) OpenStack
13 6 (0.18%) Apache
14 5 (0.15%) SAS
14 5 (0.15%) Tomcat
15 4 (0.12%) Exchange Server 2003
15 4 (0.12%) Jupyter
15 4 (0.12%) TWiki
Applications
1 404 (11.84%) Microsoft Office
2 48 (1.41%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 7 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 7 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
5 3 (0.088%) Final Cut Pro
5 3 (0.088%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.088%) Pro Tools
5 3 (0.088%) SPSS
6 2 (0.059%) CATIA
6 2 (0.059%) NASTRAN
7 1 (0.029%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.029%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.029%) PTC Creo
7 1 (0.029%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.029%) S-PLUS
7 1 (0.029%) Weka
Business Applications
1 17 (0.50%) Unit4 Business World
2 8 (0.23%) Dynamics NAV
3 6 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.088%) Carpe Diem
4 3 (0.088%) JDE EnterpriseOne
4 3 (0.088%) Shopify
5 2 (0.059%) Elite 3E
5 2 (0.059%) Farmplan
5 2 (0.059%) KEYPrime
5 2 (0.059%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.029%) Dynamics AX
6 1 (0.029%) Magento
6 1 (0.029%) Remedy ITSM
6 1 (0.029%) Sage 300 ERP
6 1 (0.029%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.029%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1,973 (57.81%) Microsoft 365
2 1,664 (48.75%) Azure
3 609 (17.84%) Entra ID
4 394 (11.54%) AWS
5 265 (7.76%) OneDrive
6 102 (2.99%) SaaS
7 99 (2.90%) IaaS
8 87 (2.55%) GCP
9 68 (1.99%) Google Workspace
9 68 (1.99%) Mimecast
9 68 (1.99%) Power Platform
10 59 (1.73%) Nutanix
11 56 (1.64%) Azure DevOps
11 56 (1.64%) PaaS
12 54 (1.58%) Cloud Computing
13 49 (1.44%) GitHub
14 33 (0.97%) WhatsApp
15 29 (0.85%) Azure Storage
15 29 (0.85%) Power Automate
16 28 (0.82%) Azure Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 1,015 (29.74%) Firewall
2 843 (24.70%) DNS
3 673 (19.72%) DHCP
4 414 (12.13%) WAN
5 386 (11.31%) TCP/IP
6 382 (11.19%) LAN
7 380 (11.13%) VPN
8 336 (9.84%) SAN
9 244 (7.15%) Wi-Fi
10 223 (6.53%) VLAN
11 194 (5.68%) Wireless
12 188 (5.51%) VoIP
13 129 (3.78%) NAS
14 85 (2.49%) Internet
15 83 (2.43%) Remote Desktop
16 72 (2.11%) SD-WAN
17 71 (2.08%) Network Security
18 40 (1.17%) MPLS
19 37 (1.08%) WLAN
20 33 (0.97%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 379 (11.10%) SQL Server
2 69 (2.02%) Amazon RDS
3 48 (1.41%) Power BI
4 39 (1.14%) MySQL
5 36 (1.05%) DB2
6 21 (0.62%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 18 (0.53%) PostgreSQL
8 16 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 15 (0.44%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.38%) Big Data
11 11 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
11 11 (0.32%) Data Warehouse
11 11 (0.32%) MariaDB
12 9 (0.26%) MongoDB
12 9 (0.26%) Oracle Database
13 7 (0.21%) RDBMS
13 7 (0.21%) SQL Server Analysis Services
14 6 (0.18%) Redis
15 5 (0.15%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.15%) InfluxDB
Development Applications
1 67 (1.96%) JIRA
2 60 (1.76%) Git
3 34 (1.00%) Jenkins
4 26 (0.76%) GitLab
5 10 (0.29%) Trac
6 9 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.23%) eggPlant
8 7 (0.21%) Katalon Studio
8 7 (0.21%) Snyk
8 7 (0.21%) TeamCity
9 6 (0.18%) Eclipse
9 6 (0.18%) Robot Framework
9 6 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
10 5 (0.15%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 5 (0.15%) Visual Studio
11 4 (0.12%) Hudson
11 4 (0.12%) MSI
11 4 (0.12%) Subversion
11 4 (0.12%) Team Foundation Server
11 4 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 1,031 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 348 (10.20%) Finance
3 262 (7.68%) Analytical Skills
4 158 (4.63%) Law
5 131 (3.84%) Telecoms
6 110 (3.22%) Organisational Skills
7 97 (2.84%) Retail
8 94 (2.75%) Manufacturing
9 82 (2.40%) Legal
10 81 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
11 79 (2.31%) Public Sector
12 67 (1.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 54 (1.58%) Banking
14 47 (1.38%) Marketing
15 41 (1.20%) Aerospace
16 39 (1.14%) Games
17 29 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
18 27 (0.79%) Automotive
19 22 (0.64%) Advertising
19 22 (0.64%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 636 (18.63%) IT Support
2 623 (18.25%) Support Engineer
3 607 (17.78%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 574 (16.82%) IT Engineer
5 401 (11.75%) Senior
6 382 (11.19%) Analyst
7 350 (10.25%) IT Support Engineer
8 242 (7.09%) 2nd Line Support
9 224 (6.56%) IT Technician
10 165 (4.83%) 3rd Line Support
11 163 (4.78%) Lead
12 159 (4.66%) 2nd Line Engineer
13 157 (4.60%) 3rd Line Engineer
14 152 (4.45%) Support Technician
15 140 (4.10%) IT Manager
16 138 (4.04%) Systems Engineer
17 135 (3.96%) Support Analyst
18 133 (3.90%) Administrator
19 132 (3.87%) IT Analyst
20 130 (3.81%) IT Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (1.23%) .NET
2 39 (1.14%) ARM Templates
3 23 (0.67%) LDAP
4 22 (0.64%) HTML
5 19 (0.56%) REST
6 15 (0.44%) JSON
7 14 (0.41%) React
7 14 (0.41%) YAML
8 12 (0.35%) CSS
9 11 (0.32%) .NET Core
9 11 (0.32%) LAMP
10 10 (0.29%) ASP.NET
11 9 (0.26%) AngularJS
11 9 (0.26%) Web Services
11 9 (0.26%) XML
12 8 (0.23%) Elastic Stack
13 7 (0.21%) .NET Framework
13 7 (0.21%) ADSI
14 6 (0.18%) EDI
14 6 (0.18%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 243 (7.12%) Data Centre
2 204 (5.98%) Driving Licence
3 155 (4.54%) Self-Motivation
4 151 (4.42%) Replication
5 139 (4.07%) Management Information System
6 114 (3.34%) Clustering
7 93 (2.72%) PKI
8 81 (2.37%) Onboarding
9 65 (1.90%) Public Cloud
10 37 (1.08%) Client/Server
11 35 (1.03%) Operational Technology
11 35 (1.03%) Video Conferencing
12 30 (0.88%) CMDB
13 28 (0.82%) NHS
14 27 (0.79%) Hybrid Cloud
15 24 (0.70%) Security Posture
16 22 (0.64%) iPad
17 21 (0.62%) Linux Command Line
18 19 (0.56%) SCADA
18 19 (0.56%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3,412 (99.97%) Windows
2 610 (17.87%) Windows 10
3 598 (17.52%) Linux
4 431 (12.63%) Windows Server 2016
5 396 (11.60%) Windows Server 2019
6 379 (11.10%) Windows Server 2012
7 122 (3.57%) Windows 7
8 110 (3.22%) Windows Server 2008
9 83 (2.43%) Windows 8
10 81 (2.37%) Mac OS
10 81 (2.37%) Unix
11 78 (2.29%) Apple iOS
12 76 (2.23%) Android
13 65 (1.90%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 53 (1.55%) Ubuntu
15 44 (1.29%) CentOS
16 38 (1.11%) VMS
17 35 (1.03%) Windows Server 2003
18 25 (0.73%) Mac OS X
19 23 (0.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 791 (23.18%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 692 (20.28%) Problem-Solving
3 609 (17.84%) ITIL
4 532 (15.59%) Customer Service
5 426 (12.48%) Cybersecurity
6 255 (7.47%) Disaster Recovery
7 219 (6.42%) Mentoring
8 212 (6.21%) DevOps
9 195 (5.71%) Migration
10 192 (5.63%) Continuous Improvement
11 187 (5.48%) Project Delivery
12 174 (5.10%) Agile
12 174 (5.10%) Project Management
13 149 (4.37%) Service Management
14 143 (4.19%) Server Management
15 137 (4.01%) Change Management
16 134 (3.93%) Service Delivery
17 126 (3.69%) Time Management
18 121 (3.55%) Incident Management
19 116 (3.40%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 653 (19.13%) PowerShell
2 426 (12.48%) SQL
3 138 (4.04%) Python
4 94 (2.75%) Bash
5 74 (2.17%) C#
6 40 (1.17%) VB
6 40 (1.17%) VBScript
7 38 (1.11%) Java
8 32 (0.94%) JavaScript
9 25 (0.73%) T-SQL
10 16 (0.47%) Bicep
11 14 (0.41%) C++
12 12 (0.35%) Perl
13 11 (0.32%) ActionScript
13 11 (0.32%) Delphi
13 11 (0.32%) Korn
14 9 (0.26%) Ruby
15 8 (0.23%) Shell Script
16 7 (0.21%) TypeScript
17 5 (0.15%) VBA
Qualifications
1 438 (12.83%) Degree
2 371 (10.87%) Security Cleared
3 293 (8.58%) Microsoft Certification
4 270 (7.91%) SC Cleared
5 208 (6.09%) DV Cleared
6 152 (4.45%) Cisco Certification
7 139 (4.07%) CCNA
8 122 (3.57%) MCSE
9 98 (2.87%) DBS Check
10 92 (2.70%) MCSA
11 81 (2.37%) Computer Science Degree
12 64 (1.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
13 55 (1.61%) Azure Certification
14 50 (1.46%) A+ Certification
15 40 (1.17%) AWS Certification
16 38 (1.11%) MCP
17 36 (1.05%) CCNP
18 34 (1.00%) ITIL Certification
19 27 (0.79%) Network+ Certification
20 26 (0.76%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 255 (7.47%) SLA
2 101 (2.96%) Cyber Essentials
3 79 (2.31%) GDPR
4 69 (2.02%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 26 (0.76%) NIST
5 26 (0.76%) PMO
6 19 (0.56%) Accessibility
6 19 (0.56%) ITGC
6 19 (0.56%) QA
7 12 (0.35%) SOC 2
8 11 (0.32%) PCI DSS
9 10 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 9 (0.26%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 5 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
11 5 (0.15%) NCSC
12 4 (0.12%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.088%) GRC
13 3 (0.088%) JSP 440
14 2 (0.059%) Data Quality
15 1 (0.029%) ISO 22301
System Software
1 2,131 (62.44%) Active Directory
2 971 (28.45%) VMware Infrastructure
3 825 (24.17%) Hyper-V
4 225 (6.59%) VMware ESXi
5 201 (5.89%) vSphere
6 134 (3.93%) Virtual Machines
7 85 (2.49%) XenApp
8 80 (2.34%) Virtual Desktop
9 76 (2.23%) XenDesktop
10 67 (1.96%) Docker
11 56 (1.64%) Virtual Servers
12 46 (1.35%) VirtualBox
13 33 (0.97%) Terminal Services
14 32 (0.94%) Firmware
15 22 (0.64%) VMware NSX
16 18 (0.53%) pfSense
17 16 (0.47%) NFS
18 14 (0.41%) VMware Server
19 12 (0.35%) vCloud
20 11 (0.32%) OpenSSH
Systems Management
1 506 (14.83%) Microsoft Intune
2 341 (9.99%) SCCM
3 165 (4.83%) vCenter Server
4 114 (3.34%) WSUS
5 102 (2.99%) Ansible
5 102 (2.99%) SCOM
6 98 (2.87%) Terraform
7 87 (2.55%) Kubernetes
8 70 (2.05%) Single Sign-On
9 54 (1.58%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 50 (1.46%) Microsoft Clustering
11 43 (1.26%) FortiGate
12 33 (0.97%) Failover Clustering
13 30 (0.88%) Jamf Pro
14 27 (0.79%) Grafana
15 26 (0.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
16 25 (0.73%) NetBackup
17 24 (0.70%) Nagios
17 24 (0.70%) ZABBIX
18 23 (0.67%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2,029 (59.45%) Microsoft
2 1,502 (44.01%) VMware
3 443 (12.98%) Cisco
4 346 (10.14%) Citrix
5 310 (9.08%) Veeam
6 194 (5.68%) HP
7 136 (3.98%) Dell
8 132 (3.87%) Apple
9 116 (3.40%) Google
10 115 (3.37%) Meraki
11 98 (2.87%) Sophos
12 85 (2.49%) NetApp
13 83 (2.43%) Red Hat
14 71 (2.08%) Oracle
15 68 (1.99%) Commvault
16 67 (1.96%) ServiceNow
17 60 (1.76%) Aruba
18 57 (1.67%) Juniper
18 57 (1.67%) SolarWinds
19 55 (1.61%) Fortinet